Trustee of Labour

Trustees of Labour (German: Treuhänder der Arbeit), sometimes referred to as Reich Trustees of Labour, were government-appointed officials of Nazi Germany that were in charge of labour relations between 1933 and 1945 and were responsible for regulating employment contracts and maintaining industrial peace.

The chief duties and responsibilities of the Trustees of Labour were set out in the Work Order Act (Arbeitsordnungsgesetz) of 20 January 1934 and included:[4]

Designation of the first thirteen economic areas in the Reichsgesetzblatt of 15 June 1933
Trustee of Labour Areas in 1944: Lower right insets, middle row, right.